Report to Area Board Date of Meeting 10/11/2016 Title of Report Community Area Grant funding

Purpose of the report: To consider the applications for funding listed below

Applicant Amount requested Applicant: RIVER BOURNE COMMUNITY FARM CIC Project Title: Farm Cafe / Community Meeting Place £5000.00 View full application

Applicant: Salisbury schools art exhibition Project Title: A Library of Ideas £500.00 View full application

Applicant: Mind Project Title: Mental health peer support group in Salisbury £2000.00

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Applicant: Salisbury Garden Volunteers Project Title: Bourne Hill historic walled garden £1500.00 View full application

1. Background Area Boards have authority to approve Area Grants under powers delegated to them. Under the Scheme of Delegation Area Boards must adhere to the Area Board Grants Guidance

The funding criteria and application forms are available on the council’s website.

2. Main Considerations 2.1. Councillors will need to be satisfied that funding awarded in the 2015/2016 year is made to projects that can realistically proceed within a year of it being awarded.

2.2. Councillors must ensure that the distribution of funding is in accordance with the Scheme of Delegation to Area Boards.

2.3. Councillors will need to be satisfied that the applications meet the Community Area Board grants criteria.

3. Environmental & Community Implications Grant Funding will contribute to the continuance and/or improvement of cultural, social and community activity and wellbeing in the community area, the extent of which will be dependent upon the individual project.

4. Financial Implications Financial provision had been made to cover this expenditure.

5. Legal Implications There are no specific legal implications related to this report.

6. Human Resources Implications There are no specific human resources implications related to this report.

7. Equality and Inclusion Implications Community Area Boards must fully consider the equality impacts of their decisions in order to meet the Council’s Public Sector Equality Duty.

Community Area Grants will give local community and voluntary groups, Town and Parish Council’s equal opportunity to receive funding towards community based projects and schemes, where they meet the funding criteria.

8. Safeguarding Implications The Area Board has ensured that the necessary policies and procedures are in place to safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults.

9. Applications for consideration

Application ID Applicant Project Proposal Requested RIVER BOURNE Farm Cafe / Community

2118 £5000.00 COMMUNITY FARM CIC Meeting Place Project Description: The farm’s shop/cafe is currently a portacabin with outdoor tent and is limited by size/weather conditions as to the service it can provide to the community. With a purpose built warm and comfortable Community Farm Cafe the farm will be able to welcome many more visitors to the farm particularly young families the elderly and walkers using the farm’s nature trails. The new building will provide a friendly and welcoming meeting space for local residents and visitors to the farm to enjoy reasonably priced wholesome food and drink. It will act as a venue for community events, activities and meetings.

Input from Community Engagement Manager: The Bourne Community Farm is a great asset to Salisbury and its surrounding environs. Whilst the farm is located just outside of the Salisbury Community Area boundary, and just inside that of the Southern Wiltshire Community Area, it is nonetheless fair to say that the farm is well used by residents and visitors from Salisbury. The grant request meets with the criteria, in that the application is for capital funding.

Proposal That the Area Board determines the application.

Application ID Applicant Project Proposal Requested Salisbury schools art

2094 A Library of Ideas £500.00 exhibition Project Description: Salisbury Schools Art exhibition is comprised of state and independent schools, including : Leehurst Swan School, , St Edmunds, South Wilts Grammar, Woodlands Primary, , Chafyn Grove, and Bishop Wordsworth School. This year’s theme is based around books and will coincide with National Book Week and National Library Day.

Input from Community Engagement Manager: Co-ordinated by the Art Tutor from Leehurst Swan – Salisbury Schools have produced a joint exhibition for the last 4 years. The board funded the exhibition in 2015, but not in previous years. The costs involved are revenue, e.g. promotional material, and therefore the grant would need to be funded from the Youth Budget. The Local Youth Network Management Committee has confirmed it support for this grant request.

Proposal That the Area Board determines the application.

Application ID Applicant Project Proposal Requested Mental health peer support

2139 Wiltshire Mind £2000.00 group in Salisbury Project Description: Our project is a peer support group held weekly in a community hub above the SP2 Coffee Shop on Fisherton Street, Salisbury, for people from young adults to older people with mental health issues. The group provides support and help to all including those who have left statutory mental health services and need help to rehabilitate into daily life and their communities. The group offers one to one support, together with group activities and talks, and helps reduce isolation. The group is led by a professional facilitator whose role is to work with client members developing self-exploration and self-empowerment themes.

Input from Community Engagement Manager: This peer support group’s main source of funding is through grants. The costs involved in this application are revenue, and so the board is asked to consider contributing from both the Youth Budget and the Health & Wellbeing Budget. The group is open to anyone over the age of 16 years, and it sees on average 20 people attending each week. The majority of users are Salisbury residents, but the group is open to others from outlying villages from the Amesbury, Southern and South West Wiltshire Community Areas.

The Support Group is one of 6 run in Trowbridge, Melksham, Chippenham, Salisbury, Malmesbury, Devizes. It provides a safe place where people can share their thoughts freely without being judged and discuss experiences with each other. At the group users can gain 1-1 support from the manager, signposting to other services and access to regular activities of interest which often lead to new hobbies and interaction with other groups. Speakers also attend to provide information on topics such as Money Management, Healthy Eating, Home Safety etc.

The area board is asked to contribute £2k to assist with the costs of continuing the Salisbury group until the end of March 2017. Without the board’s contribution, it is possible that the group may no longer be able to operate in Salisbury.

Proposal That the Area Board determines the application.

Application ID Applicant Project Proposal Requested Salisbury Garden Bourne Hill historic

2107 £1500.00 Volunteers walled garden Project Description: We are 30 volunteers restoring this well used but overgrown garden and making it suitable for the community and wildlife.

Input from Community Engagement Manager: The group is starting up and needs funds for a number of capital items, including tools and gardening equipment, and a new website. The volunteers are working to supplement the labour which local councils are no longer able to provide, and over time, hope to be able to attend to other areas of the city.

Proposal That the Area Board determines the application.

Application ID Applicant Project Proposal Requested Splash part of Community

2115 Splash Lets Paint £1000.00 First Project Description: The redecoration of the subway between The Friary estate and the college for up to 15 young people from the local area. Working in partnership with the local youth club we will allocate 50% of places to existing youth club members and the remaining places to other local young people with a view to them engaging with the youth club and Splash going forward.

Input from Community Engagement Manager: I was authorised, in consultation with the chairman and vice chairman to approve this grant request to the maximum of £800 in October – as the work needed to be carried out in the October half term week. The funds were allocated from the Youth Budget, following a decision by the young people to support this project. The area board is asked to ratify this decision.

Proposal That the Area Board determines the application.

RATIFICATION OF URGENT DECISIONS MADE IN OCTOBER

The following further urgent decisions were made by the Community Engagement Manager in October, in consultation with the chairman and vice chairman, and again, the board is asked to ratify these decisions:

 £350 – for additional positive activities at the Fiver Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre’s Open Day on the 15th October  £360 – for positive activities for a group of adopted teenagers during Adoption Week

No unpublished documents have been relied upon in the preparation of this report

Report Author: Karen Linaker Community Engagement Manager 01722 434697 [email protected]